Science Activities : Page 15

Does putting soapy water on plants help or hinder plant growth? Kids learn about greywater and how it affects plant growth in this cool science fair project.

see whether all liquids evaporate at the same rate. In other words, does water evaporate at the same rate as juice?

The actual factors affecting friction may surprise you! Learn about the coefficient of friction and put some trigonometry into practice in this science project.

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

Determine which material produces the strongest static charge.

Demonstrate how we are able to locate sounds, echolocation. Have a blindfolded subject locate you by the sound of your clapping.

In this experiment you observe and determine how well your cat uses his whiskers to navigate through a maze.

This science fair project teaches students the differences between fruits and vegetables.

Design a survival kit. Brainstorm various survival scenarios. Address basic human requirements and natural resources. Describe each tool as well uses.

Kids will learn how to measure the viscosity of liquids by making their own homemade viscometer in this great science fair project idea.

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

Science fair project which compares the rates of photosynthesis for various light sources. Which type of light will be best for photosynthesis and why?

This optics-based science fair project idea teaches kids about real and virtual images with a mind-bending candle illusion inspired by Pepper's Ghost.

Teach your child some scientific basics as you explore the densities of various liquids in this fun experiment.

Discover whether cold or hot water from the faucet will boil faster on the stove.

Dig into the physics of pool to explore some cool applied math and learn about what happens in an elastic collision of equal masses.

In this science experiment, observe convection currents forming and learn about how heat energy moves in liquids from hot to cooler areas through convection.

A cool physics science fair project idea for 7th grade exploring the application of distance, velocity, and time equations.

What is topography? Kids find out by learning to make and read a topographic map in this awesome science fair project idea.

Kids will create their own version of Richard Feynman's rubber band heat engine to learn about thermodynamics with this cool science fair project idea.

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!

Help your kindergartener identify and sort eight different kinds of common seeds on this "seed wheel" plate you can use all growing season.

This science fair project idea examines the reason boats are shaped and engineered.

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

Here's a simple science activity that will help your child better understand how wells bring us water.

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

This science fair project idea demonstrates the process of land erosion.

What is a wedge? Kids find out by experimenting with different wedges in this simple science fair project idea.